Typographical composing-machine.



APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 25, 1912.

Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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Patented Aug.19, 1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANoaRAfiH CO..WASHINGTON, n.

A. HOYER. TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1912.

1,070,687 Patented Aug.19, 1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANOG c,

A. HOYER.

TYPOGRAPHICAL OOMBOSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1912.

1,070,687, Patented Aug.19,1913.

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TYPOGRAPHICAL GOMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED N0V125, 1912.

1,070,687. Patented A .19,191s.

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TED STATES PATENT OFEIQE.

ANTON HOTER, OF NEUKOLLN BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO MERGENTHALEB LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOS ING-MACHINE.

Application filed November 25, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON I-Ioi'rnu, a subject of the German Emperor, and residing at Isarstrasse 11, III, Neukolln-Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Typographical ComposingMachines, of which the follow ing is a specification.

This invention relates to typographical composing machines, and particularly to those in which devices such as matrices are released from separate magazine channels by means of manually operated key-levers, the special object of the invention being to provide improved mechanism by which matrices provided with similar characters can be released from a plurality of magazine channels in alternation or succession.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as part of this specification and read therewith, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of one form of the apparatus constructed according to the present invention, the said apparatus being here shown in its normal position; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the parts of the apparatus in the positions which they respectively occupy after the depression of a key-lever, and with a certain pawl removed; Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of Fig. 1, that is to say, a view as seen from the right-hand side of that figure; Fig. 4 is a plan of the parts shown in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 6, which is a plan of apparatus generally similar to that shown in Figs. 1 to 1, but arranged to effect the release of matrices fronimagazine channels remote from each other.

Throughout the several figures of the drawings lik reference numerals are used for indicating like or corresponding parts.

On a horizontal shaft 1 is rigidly secured the ordinary continuously-rotating keyboard roller 2 which, in the. well-known manner, operates a cam carriage 3, when this latter is released by the manual depression of a pivoted key-lever t, which is common to the two magazine channels concerned in the combination. I

The rear or vibrating end of the cam carriage 3 underlies a rod 5 which operates the appropriate escapcment lever through the mechanism now to be described; such escapement lever, however, is not itself represented Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

Serial No. 733,441.

in the drawings for the reason that it coustitutes no part of the present invention and its construction is already well known in the art.

On a horizontal stud or shaft 6 fast to and projecting laterally from one arm of a bent lever 7 are rotatably mounted three co-axial disks 8 at uniform distances apart, of which the adjacent ones are connected together by six equi-distant studs 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19, or 10, 12, 14:, 16, 18 and 20, the studs 9 to 19 as regards their angular distribution about the shaft 6, alternating with the studs 10 to 20.

The disks 8 and studs 9 to 20 may be regarded as constituting what is known as a lantern wheel which term, for convenience,

is hereinafter used when referring to thesaid disks and studs as a single entity, the reference numeral 8 being used in that connection for assisting in identifying in the drawings, the part so referred to.

On the front end of the lever 7, a weight 21 is provided for balancing the said lever and the parts carried thereby, and the rear end of this lever engages with a recess 22 in the before mentioned rod 5. The lever 7 has integral therewith a third arm 23, for a purpose hereinafter described, and it has pivoted to it a double detent 24 (see particularly Fig. 4) each arm of which is adapted to engage with one of the series of studs above named, to prevent the lantern wheel 8 from rotating clockwise on the shaft 6; the extreme ends of the detent 24: are beveled so as to enable the studs 9 to 20 to pass thereunder when, as hereinafter described the lantern wheel 8 is rotated anticlockwise.

The terms clockwise and anti-clock wise herein employed refer to rotation as regarded from the side of the machine illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The studs 9 to 20 are adapted to engage with the lower ends of two bent arms 25, 26, fast to the lower ends of the escapement reeds 27, 28 respec tively, which, in the well-known manner, are capable of reciprocating longitudinally, and of operating the eseapements appertaining to adjacent magazine channels for releasing matrices alternately from those channels.

()n a pin or stud fast to the before-mentioned third arm 23 of the lever 7, there is pivoted another lever 29 counterbalanced by a weight 30 fast to its front end, and having pivoted to its rear end, two upstanding forks or pawls 31, 32 adapted to engage in turn with the underside of the studs 9 to 19 or 10 to 20 respectively. Integral with each of the pawls 31, 32 is an arm forming a weight for moving the pawl into such position as will enable it vto engage with the studs at the necessary times, while at the same time allowing those studs to travel freely past it in anti-clockwise direction.

The two pawls 31, are pivoted coaxially upon the lever 29 one on either side thereof; in Fig. 1 only the pawl 31, and in Fig. 2 only the pawl 32 is shown, the pawl 31 in Fig. 1 obscuring the pawl 32 which. is immediately behind it.

34: is a stop, which arrests the upward motion of the lever 29, as shown in Fig. 2, when this lever, together with the lever 7 is rocked in the manner indicated in that figure.

The operation of the before-described apparatus is as follows, it being assumed that, at the commencement of such operation, the various parts of the apparatus arein the positions in which they are respectively represented in Fig. 1: XV hen the key-lever a is depressed as indicated in Fig. 2, and in consequence thereof the cam-carriage 3 is, as ordinarily, deprived of the support of the pivoted tumbler 35, the canrearriage 3 is allowed to descend until its cam 36 comes into contact with the constantly rotating roller 2, which, in the well-known manner, causes the cam-carriage 3, to be first raised into the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2 and thereafter to descend to the normal position in which it is shown in Fig. 1. The raising of the cam-carriage 8, through the rod 5 also effects the raising of the lever 7 together with the lantern-wheel 8, which, at that time, is locked against rotation by the detent 26%, so that, this rising of the lanternwheel through the stud 9 then in engagement with the arm. 25, also effects the raising of the appropriate escapement reed 27, as shown in Fig. 2, and the consequent release of the respective matrix. The studs 10 and 20 appertaining to the escapement-reed 28 during the just-named operation pass upward at the back and front respectively of the downwardly-depending portion of the arm 26, also as shown in Fig. 2. During the first part of the just-described operations of the'levers 7 and 29, the pawl 31, then in engagementwith the stud 11, is maintained closely in contact with that stud through the weight 30 on the lever 29, this condition obtaining until the lever 29 contacts with the stop 3% which causes it (the lever) to rock about its pivot in such manner as to lower the pawl out of engagement with the stillrising stud 11. In the meantime the pawl 32 appertaining to the series of studs 10 to 20, has, under the influence of its weight 33, been caused to assume the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2. During the first part of the return of the lever 7 from the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2, to the normal position in which it is shown in Fig. 1, the lantern-wheel 8 descends as if in one piece with the lever 7 until the stud 12 engages with the pawl 82 whereby the said lanternwheel, during the further descent of the lever 7, is caused to rotate on its shaft 6 anti-clockwise, with the result that the pawl 31, under the influence of its-weight 33, is caused to pass beneath the stud 1'1 and to bear idly against the next stud 18 of the series. The operation just described leaves the levers 7 and 28 in the positions in which they are respectively shown in Fig. 1, but at this stage, the lantern-wheel 8 has been retated 30 from the position in which it is shown in that figure and consequently, none of the studs 9 to 19 are then in engagement with either the pawl 31, detent 24 or arm 25, but the studs 20, 10 and 12 of the series 10 to 20 are engaged by or in engagement with, one, the detent 24; another the arm 26; and a third, the pawl 32. hen the key-lever l is next operated, the levers 7 and 29 are operated in precisely the same manner as that previously explained, the lantern-wheel 8 rising as if integral with the lever 7 and carrying its two studs 9 and 11, idly upward at the front and back respectively of the downwardly-depending part of the arm 25, and the stud 10 which then is below the corresponding part of the arm 26, raises that arm and the escapement reed 28 and by those means operates the corresponding escapement. During the first part of the descent of the cam-carriage 3, the lantern-wheel 8 is caused to rotate about the shaft 6 by reason of the engagement therewith of the pawl 31 with the stud 13, the termination of this downward movement leaving all the parts in the positions in which they are respectively shown in Fig. 1 in all respects excepting that the lantern-wheel S has by then been turned through 60.

The foregoing arrangement is that pref erably employed when the matrices to be successively released, are contained in adjacent magazine channels and the arrangement next described with reference to Figs. 5 and 6 is that preferably employed when the said matrices are contained in maga- Zine channels remote from each other, the example illustrated being one in which are involved four such magazine channels and four key-levers, one for each such channel. ln this arrangement the shaft 6 is extended on both sides of the lever 7 to an extent which is determined by the-cistance apart of the two outermost of the escapcment reeds to be operated in sequence, the outer ends of this shaft being journaled in the swinging ends of two radius arms 37 pivoted at their other ends upon the shaft 38 which, in this arrangement, is correspondingly extended, and at its ends is supported in two standards 39.

On the shaft 6 there are rigidly secured the several lantern-wheels 8, 8 8*, 8 and 8 of which the lantern-wheel 8 serves for effecting the rotation of the shaft 6 and of all the other lantern-wheels 8*, 8 8 and 8 which latter serve only for operating the respective escapement reeds 40, 41, 42 and 43. Each of the lantern wheels 8*, 8 8 and 8 is formed of two disks and three studs connecting the disks together, these studs being at equal angular distances apart, and the studs of the four lantern-wheels being in staggered relationship to each other so that there will always be one such stud in position to operate its respective escapement reed at each ascent of the shaft 6.

The lantern-wheel 8 has twelve studs that is to say, as many as there are in the whole of the four lantern-wheels 8'" to 8 and with the studs of this lantern-wheel 8 there is capable of engaging a forked pawl (not shown in the drawings) pivotally mounted on a lever 29 which is itself pivoted to the lever 7 precisely as is the corresponding lever of Figs. 1 to 4, to which in other respects, it is similar; the pawl of this arrangement is practically identical with the pawl 31 or 32 of the arrangement illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 and, like those pawls, is so weighted that as soon as its upper end is disengaged from one of the studs on the lantern-wheel 8, it is carried into position to engage the next stud of that lanternwheel.

The lantern-wheel 8 is prevented from rotating clockwise by a detent 24 which is pivoted to the lever 7 in a manner generally similar to that before described in connection with Figs. 1 to 4.

In the arrangement now being described, the bent arms 25, 26, represented in Figs. 1 to 4, are superseded by bent levers 44 pivoted at one end on the shaft 38, at the other end underlying the escapement reeds 40, 41, 42 and 43, and at intermediate points provided each with a downward projection 45 which is engaged by the respective studs of the lantern-wheels 8 to 3, in precisely the same manner as that described in connection with the corresponding projections of the bent arms 25 and 26 by their respective studs.

Each of the rods 5 situated below the respective escapement reed 40, 41, 42, or 43 is in engagement with a bent lever 7 pivoted on the shaft 38 and having journaled in it the shafts 6, so that on the ascent of any of the said rods 5 resultant upon the actuation of the corresponding key-lever, the shaft 6 and one or other of the escapement reeds 40 to 43 will be raised.

It is now assumed that the several parts of the arrangement now under review are in the positions in which they are respectively shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and on this assumption the operation may be described as follows :At each depression of one of the four key-levers involved in the arrangement just described, the respective cam-carriage 3, rod 5, lever 7 and shaft 6 are caused to operate in the same manner as that previously described in connection with the corresponding parts represented in Figs. 1 to 4, and during the ascent of the shaft 6, the particular lantern-wheel (it is 8 in Figs. 5 and 6) which then has a stud directly beneath, and in contact with, the respective projection 45, effects the raising of that projection and the corresponding lever 44 and escapement reed 40 so as to effect the release of a matrix controlled by the last-named reed. During this part of the operation, the shaft 6 is locked against rotation by the engagement of the detent 24 with the lantern-wheel 8, and the studs of the lantern-wheels 8", 8 and 8 ascend without making contact with the projections 45 of the respective levers 44. During its next ensuing descent, the shaft 6 is turned through 30 degrees by the engagement of the respective stud of the lanternwheel 8 with the before mentioned pawl in precisely the same manner as that previously described in connection with Figs. 1 to 4, this operation serving to bring a stud of say the lantern-wheel 8 into position ready for engaging, at its next ascent, with the proj ection 45 on its appropriate lever 44.

Having now described my invention, I declare that what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with a plurality of escapement reeds, a key-lever and a power-driven device controlled by the key-lever and capable of actuating the escapement reeds one at a time, of a rotating device adapted to be raised and lowered at each operation of the power-driven device and when raised to operate one only of the escapement reeds, and means operative to intermittently turn the rotating device to cause it to operate the escapement reeds in succession.

2. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with a plurality of escapement reeds, a key-lever, a power-driven device capable of actuating the escapement reeds one at a time, and controlled by the key-lever, of. a rotating device adapted to be raised and lowered at each operation of the power-driven device, studs on the said rotating device adapted to engage different escapement reeds at successive ascents of the power-driven device and means operative to intermittently turn the rotating device and bring the studs successively into operative relationship with different escapement reeds.

3. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with a plurality of escape- Inent reeds, a key-lever, and a power-driven device controlled bythe key-lever and capable of actuating the escapement reeds one at a time, of a rotating device adapted to be raised and lowered at each operation of the power-driven device and adapted to engage different escapement reeds at successive ascents of the power-driven device, studs on the said rotating device, a pawl adapted to engage the studs during the descent of the rotating device to intermittently turn it, and a detent engaging the studs to prevent the said device from turning during its ascent.

4. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with a plurality of escapement reeds, a key-lever, and a power-driven device controlled by the key-lever and ca pable of actuating the escapement reeds one at a time, of a rotating device adapted to be raised and lowered at each operation of the power-driven device, two sets of .studs on the said rotating device, the studs of each set adapted, during the ascent of the rotating device, to engage the respective escapement reeds in alternation with the corresponding engagements of the studs ot the other set, and means operative to partially rotate the said rotating device during its descent.

5. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with a plurality of escapement reeds, a key-lever, and a power-driven device controlled by the key-lever and capable of actuating the escapement reeds one at a time, of a lever adapted to be raised and lowered at each operation of the powerdriven device, a second lever pivoted to this first lever, a rotating device rotatable on the said first lever and adapted to engage different escapementreeds at successive ascents of the power-driven device, studs on the rotating device, and a pawl pivoted to the second lever, adapted at each descent of the power-driven device, to engage the studs t0 intermittently turn the said rotating device and cause the successive operation of the respective escapement reeds.

6. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with a plurality of escape ment reeds, a key-lever, and a power-driven device controlled by the lrey-lever and ca pable of actuating the escapement reeds one at a time, of a lever adapted to be raised and lowered at each operation of the power driven device, a second lever pivoted to this first lever, a rotating device rotatable on the said first lever and adapted to engage ditlerent escapement reeds at successive ascents of the power-driven device, studs on the rotating device, a pawl pivoted to the second lever, adapted at each descent of the power-driven device, to engage the studs to intermittently turn the said rotating device, a detent pivoted to the first lever to prevent the said device from turning during its ascent, and a stop in the path of the second lever.

7. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with a plurality of escape ment reeds and corresponding pluralities of key-levers, and power-driven devices each such device capable of actuating one of the escapement reeds, and controlled independently of the others by its respective keylever, of a device adapted to be operated by any one of the power-driven devices at each operation of a key-lever and to operate the individual escapement reeds in succession.

8. In. a typographical composing machine, the combination with a plurality of escapement reeds and corresponding pluralit-ies of key-levers, and power-driven deviceseach such device capable of actuating one of the escapement reeds, and controlled independently of the others by its respective keylever, of a rotating device adapted to be raised and lowered at each operation of one of the power-driven devices, and when raised to operate one only of the escapement reeds, and means operative to intermittently turn the rotating device to cause it to operate the escapement reeds in succession.

9. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with a plurality of escapement reeds and corresponding pluralities o key-levers, and power-driven devices each of such devices capable of actuating one of the escapement reeds, and controlled independently of the others by its respective key lever, of a corresponding plurality of coaxial lantern-wheels adapted to be raised and lowered at each operation of one of the power-driven devices, and when raised, to operate one only of the escapement reeds, and when lowered to be partially rotated.

10. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with a plurality of escapement reeds and corresponding pluralities of key-levers, and power-driven devices each of such devices capable of actuating one of the escapement reeds, and controlled independently of the others by its respective key-lever, of a corresponding plurality of co-axial lantern-wheels adapted to be raised and lowered at each operation of one of the power-driven devices, and when raised, to operate one only of the escapement reeds, and when lowered to be partially rotated, a further lantern wheel coaxial with the others, and a pawl in the downward path of this lantern-wheel adapted to engage its studs in succession to effect its partial rotation.

ll. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with a plurality of escapement reeds and corresponding pluralities of key lcvers, and power-driven devices each of such devices capable of actuating one of the escapement-reeds, and con.

trolled independently of the others by its respective key-lever, of a corresponding plurality of co-aXial lantern-wheels adapted to be raised and lowered at each operation of one of the power-driven devices, and when raised, to operate one only of the escapement reeds, and when lowered to be partially rotated, a further lantern wheel co-axial with the others, a pawl in the downward path of this lantern-wheel adapted to engage its studs in succession to effect its partial rotation and a detent engaging the said studs to prevent rotation of the lanternwheels during their ascent.

12. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with a plurality of escapement reeds and corresponding pluralities of key-levers, and power-driven devices each of such devices capable of actuating one of the escapement reeds, and con trolled independently of the others by its respective key-lever, of a corresponding plurality of coaxial lantern-wheels adapted to be raised and lowered at each operation of one of the power-driven devices, and when raised, to operate one only of the escapement reeds, and when lowered to be partially rotated, a further lantern wheel coaxial with the others, a rotatable shaft on which all the lantern-wheels are fixed, a stationary shaft, arms connecting the rotatable shaft with the stationary shaft, and a pawl in the downward path of the said further lantern wheel engaging its studs in succession to effect its partial rotation.

13. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with a plurality of escapement reeds and corresponding pluralit-ies of key-levers, and power-driven devices each of such devices capable of actuating one of the escapement reeds, and controlled. independently of the others by its respective key-lever, of a corresponding plurality of coaxial lantern-wheels adapted to be raised and lowered at each operation of one of the power-driven devices, and when raised, to operate one only of the escapement reeds, and when lowered to be partially rotated, the studs in each of these lantern-wheels being in staggered relationship to those of the other of such wheels, a further lanternwheel co-axial with the others, and having a number of studs equivalent to the total of all those in all of the other lantern-wheels, and a pawl in the downward path of this further lantern-wheel adapted to engage its studs in succession during its descent to effect its partial rotation.

14. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of escapement actuating reeds and an operating device adapted to be raised and lowered to actuate said reeds, said device being shiftable and formed with a corresponding plurality of members differently located with respect to each other so as to engage one or another of the reeds according to its shifted position.

15. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of escapement actuating reeds and an operating device formed with a corresponding plurality of members which successively engage and actuate said reeds one only at each operation of said device, and means for raising or lowering said device to effect the operation of the reeds.

16. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of escapement actuating reeds and an operating device adapted to be raised and lowered to actuate said reeds, the said device being formed with a series of members arranged in staggered relation to each other so that they will successively engage and actuate the reeds one only at each operation of said device.

17. In a typographical machine, the com bination of a plurality of escapement actuating reeds and a rotatable operating device adapted to be raised and lowered to actuate said reeds, the said device being formed with differently located members to engage and actuate one or another of the reeds accord ing to its rotary position.

18. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of escapement actuating reeds, a rotary device adapted to be raised and lowered to actuate said reeds, the said device being formed with differently located members to engage and actuate one or another of the reeds according to its rotary position, and means for rotating said device periodically to cause it to operate a different reed.

19. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of matrix releasing devices, a corresponding plurality of operating means capable of independent actuation and means for causing the operation of the devices by said operating means in a predetermined order irrespective of the order in which the said means are actuated.

20. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of matrix releasing devices, a corresponding plurality of select ing keys capable of independent actuation, and a single means controlled by any of said keys for operating the devices in a predetermined order.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

ANTON I IOYER.

Vitnesses HENRY HAsPER, IVOLDEMAR IIAUPT.

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